Francesco Dall'Ongaro Quotes

Francesco Dall'Ongaro Italian: [franˈt͡ʃesko dalˈloŋgaro] was an Italian writer, poet and dramatist.



✵ 19. June 1808 – 10. January 1873
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Famous Francesco Dall'Ongaro Quotes

“Poor is he who in traitor doth confide :
Never shall snow-clad land good grain provide.
Poor she who in deserter faith doth show :
Never shall flowers on withered branches grow.”

Povero chi si fida ad un marrano:
Terra nevosa non mena più grano.
Povera chi si fida a un disertore :
Di ramo seco non germoglia fiore.
Stornelli Politici, "Il Disertore".
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 395.

“Slowly doth bud, and slowly doth mature
The woodland oak, yet doth long time endure.
Lashed by the winds, her leaves around she steews,
But, the wind passed, her beauty she renews.”

Stornelli Politici, ""Costanza"".
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 354.

“Too many for the fruit cut down the tree,
And find their gain in world-wide misery.”

Troppi taglian la pianta per i frutti,
E traggono lor pro dal mal di tutti.
Stornelli Politici, "Gaetano Semenza", II.
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 428.

“Free is the vote, the right inviolate,
But victory falls to him whose aim is straight.”

Libero è il voto, e inviolato il dritto:
Ma la vittoria è di chi tira dritto.
Stornelli Politici, "Il Voto".
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 355.

“All roads alike may lead us unto Rome.”

Tutte le vie ponno condurre a Roma.
Stornelli Politici, "Giammai".
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 242.

“Life has two wings : one, sorrow; one, delight;
Love gives it pinions, God directs its flight.”

Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 308.
Original: (it) Ha due ali la vita : il gaudio e il duolo;
L’amor la impenna, e Dio dirige il volo.
Original: (it) Stornelli, "Una Vedova ad una Sjéosa".

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